Total Crime Rate

207.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 207.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.9 10/10
  • Public order 30.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.3 7/10
  • Drugs 17.3 10/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Napier Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Napier Street (WA10 2EW) in the last 12 months was 207.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower than the St Helens Town Centre average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 134.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Napier Street (WA10 2EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highpoint, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manning Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Napier Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highpoint Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Manning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bruce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duncan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Manning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pemberton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pemberton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lyon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Manning Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lewis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bruce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Manning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Napier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Napier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duncan Street
Sep 2025Other theft Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grant Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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